Novels and short stories, plays, poetry, anthologies with texts by persecuted authors and countless journalistic works: Yuri Vynnychuk is considered the most versatile of Ukrainian writers. The now 70-year-old owes his status as a living legend of modern Ukrainian literature not only to the recognized quality of his work, but also to his reputation as an eternal maverick. Until the end of the Soviet Union, the secret service never ceased to make life difficult for the recalcitrant author. Since Ukraine’s independence, Vynnychuk is considered the best-known representative of Galician literature, reflecting on the society and culture of memory in Ukraine in an ironic and provocative way.
